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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for
SAP Applications:
HP Partner Event, October 2014
Bob Fidrych
Dirk Oppenkowski
HP Partner Executive
[email protected]
SAP Partner Executive
[email protected]
Agenda
HP- SUSE Partnership
Business Case for migrating SAP to SUSE Linux
SUSE in SAP ecosystem
SAP specific offering: SLES for SAP
Additional Information
HP and SUSE – Alliance Overview
Broad Relationship
Partners for over 22 years—OEM, Reseller, Engineering, Support
Product Offering Integration
HP offers a great selection of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
offerings on the HP price list, including SLES, SLES for SAP, SLEHA,
and SLES for HPC
HP Technology Services provides the SUSE technical support for all of
the HP OEM SUSE Linux Enterprise offerings they provide
Technical Collaboration
EVERY Gen8 ProLiant Server ships with/initially boots off of SUSE
technology—base of HP’s Gen8 ProLiant server feature called “Intelligent
Provisioning”
SUSE Linux Enterprise is certified across the HP ProLiant and
BladeSystem server lines (incl. Moonshot Servers); also certified across
HP Storage line
SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers will be certified on day one of Gen9
availability
Benchmark Release with SLES11 SP3
New HP ConvergedSystem 900 for SAP HANA
captures top spots on SPECjbb2013-MultiJVM
benchmark
•
Performance Brief
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA5-3288ENW&cc=us&lc=en
Benchmark Release with SLES11 SP3
“Record-breaking performance never happens by chance.
The HP ConvergedSystem 900 for SAP HANA is the best
platform for real-time in-memory computing, and our work
with SUSE helps customers get the most out of the
architecture.”
-- Paul Miller, Vice President of Marketing, HP Converged
Systems
Business Case for migrating
SAP to SUSE Linux
Customer Success
Freudenberg IT (FIT)
FIT is a subsidiary of the privately held $8 billion Freudenberg Group. FIT
started using SAP in 1977 and is now SAP hosting provider for more than
100 customers.
Business Issues:
• Make SAP hosting affordable
for the mid-market, while
delivering enterprise-class
SLAs
SUSE Solution:
• SAP NetWeaver, ERP, BI
• SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server
• Reduce HW/SW costs
• Reduce space requirements
• Reduce complexity without
increasing headcount
• Reliability is key
• HP Proliant servers
• SUSE Linux build-in
automation tools
Results:
Compared to UNIX-based
SAP systems:
• 70% less HW/OS costs
• 50% less space
requirements
• 50% less installation and
deployment effort
• Service-level parity (99,98%)
FIT statistics today:
• 50% of all customers run
their central instance on
SLES (total: 200)
• 100% of all customers run
their dialog instance on
SLES (total: 250)
SAP installations on Linux steadily
increasing each year (SCN)
•
Most SAP UNIX migration
goes to Linux
•
Linux on Intel achieves 5x
SAPS/$
•
No Limits for SAP
workloads on Linux
•
Competitive Advantage
‒
Improved Performance
‒
High Availability
‒
Increased Reliability
‒
Tightened Security
Source: The Trend from UNIX to Linux in SAP DataCenters, RealTech Consulting, Oct 2012
SAP Migration Example
Source: The Trend from UNIX to Linux in SAP DataCenters, RealTech Consulting, Oct 2012
Why are customers moving away from RISC?
Cost Reduction
Demand for Performance
IT Budget Squeeze
Increasing project costs
Support, maintenance costs
New projects
User growth
Regulatory requirements
Business Challenges
Platform Strategy
Server utilization
Space / Consolidation
Power & Cooling
HW, OS, SW refresh
Standards based architecture
Broadest solution portfolio
New platform for innovation
SAP Migration Triggers
•
Lower TCO / Budget Constraints
–
License and Maintenance
–
Administrative Efficiency
–
HW Standardization / Alignment Initiative
•
Hardware / Technology Refresh
•
New SAP workloads (i.e. HANA)
•
SAP Upgrades
•
Supportability issues with the Legacy UNIX/DB combination
•
Virtualization of SAP landscapes
•
Cloud Integration/Migration
Why SUSE for SAP ?
®
20,000+
70%
#1
SAP customers are using Linux to run the
database and/or application server
of these are running their workloads on
SUSE Linux Enterprise
SUSE Linux Enterprise is SAP's development
platform for UNIX and Linux
Linux Enterprise is the recommended
#1 SUSE
and supported OS of choice for SAP HANA
#1 First Linux distributor to certify HA extension for
integration with SAP Netweaver
SAP’s #1 Linux (since 1999)
1999
2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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First Linux certified for SAP
First OS certified for SAP ACC
Only OS selected for use with SAP BWA
SAP's Linux/UNIX software development platform
First virtualization validated for SAP
First joint support through SAP Solution Manager
Installation Wizard for SAP and SUSE software
Only OS selected for use with SAP Business ByDesign
SAP Pinnacle Award 2008 Winner
Only OS recommended and supported for SAP HANA
SAP Pinnacle Award 2009 Finalist
2010
4 validated high availability best practices with SAP Linux Lab
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2011
2012
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First Linux supported on Amazon Web Services
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
Distribution of ClamSAP (anti-virus connector to ClamAV)
SUSE celebrates 20th anniversary
First Linux certified for SAP NetWeaver High Availability
2013
SUSE ads new channel program for SAP Business One HANA
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
The only operating system optimized for SAP Applications
•
Built in HA components to enable
you to protect Mission Critical
Applications
•
Extended Update Cycle (18 months)
to fit your needs
•
Enables High Performance of Large
Workloads
•
Integrated Priority Support from
both SUSE and SAP
•
Enables Fast and Easy Deployment
with Installation Wizard
High Availability
• Cluster
Resource
Manager
• Cluster
Filesystem
• SAP
Resource
Agents
High Availability
Extensions
SAP Installation
Wizard
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SAP-Certified Integration with SAP NetWeaver
•
Press release by SUSE (link)
•
Technical collaboration with SAP
Linux Lab
•
High Availability included in SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Applications
•
SAP Connector available only in SUSE
for SAP product
Validated best practices
with partners at SAP Linuxlab
Simple Stack
DRBD Data Sync
Enqueue Replication
HA in Virtual Environments
Page Cache Limit
Fully
supported
optimization
for SAP
workloads
Page
Cache
Limit
High Availability
Extensions
SAP Installation
Wizard
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Page Cache Limit Overview
Tells kernel that once page cache is
filled to configured limit, application
memory is more important and
should not be paged out
No memory paged out if memory
footprint of the workload plus the
configured page cache limit does not
exceed the amount of physical RAM
SAP Note 1557506: Linux paging
improvement
Extended Support
Page
Cache
Limit
Clam
SAP
High Availability
Extensions
ESPOS
SAP Installation
Wizard
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Extends
Service
Pack
overlap
support
from 6
months to
18 months
Lifecycle
General Support
Year 1
GA
Extended Support
Year 2 Year 3
Year 4
Year 5 Year 6 Year 7
ESPOS
LTSS
SP1
ESPOS
LTSS
SP2
ESPOS
LTSS
SP3
ESPOS
Year 8
LTSS
SP4
•
•
•
•
Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13
ESPOS
LTSS
13-year lifecycle (11 years general support, 2 years extended support)
5-year lifecycle per Service Pack (3 years general + 2 years extended support)
18 month migration period between two service packs
Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS) available for all versions, including GA
SAP-specific update channel
Page
Cache
Limit
Clam
SAP
High Availability
Extensions
ESPOS
Web
YaST
SAP Installation
Wizard
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SAP specific update channel
•Additional
maintenance
channel
•Allows SAP
specific
patches
•Updates for
SAP specific
packages
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
for SAP Applications 11
Page
Cache
Limit
Clam
SAP
High Availability
Extensions
ESPOS
Web
YaST
SAP Installation
Framework
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SAP specific update channel
PRIORITY SUPPORT for SAP
PRIORITY SUPPORT for SAP
PRIORITY SUPPORT for SAP
PRIORITY SUPPORT for SAP
The Recommended OS for SAP HANA
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
•3,000 customers
•SAP IT reference
•IBM, HP, Dell,
Cisco, Fujitsu,
Hitachi, Huawei,
VCE, NEC
•Up to 13 years
•Flexibility
•Guidance
•Settings
•Firewall
•JeOS
Reliability
Security
Maintenance
Availability
•SLA
•Built-in HA
•Supported
Securing SAP HANA with SUSE Linux
Recommended and validated operating system security for SAP HANA
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Security Guide for SAP
HANA
Hardening of OS security
Prevents certain kinds of
exploits & improves OS
stealth capabilities for
external scans
Setup SAP HANA compliant
OS firewall
Prevents attacks coming from
external network
JeOS for SAP HANA
Lower threat probabilities with
less software packages and
updates
Supported HA for SAP HANA
Integration with SAP HANA System Replication
Supported SUSE HA solution for
SAP HANA
Meet customers' SLA
Implement SAP HANA
system replication into
SUSE HA solution
Scale-up scenario (1st phase)
Scale-out scenario (2nd
phase)
Resource agent for SAP
HANA
Developed with SAP
Setup Guide
Manage SAP HANA Linux Servers
Manage, provision, and update Linux servers for SAP HANA scale out
SUSE Manager Whitepaper for SAP HANA
Implement a validated and
automated method for
updating the SAP HANA
servers
Install and configure a SUSE
Manager server to update
SAP HANA servers
Recommendation on channel
setup for updates
Competitive Assessment
Product Elements
Maintenance / Update
SLES for SAP
Applications 11
SLES 11
RHEL 6
for SAP
Basic
Priority
Basic
Priority
Premium
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Dedicated SAP Update Channel
Priority Support 24X7
X
SAP Solution Manager Integration
Installation Wizard
X
X
X
X
X
X
Linux Kernel 3.0
X
X
X
X
Xen Virtualization supported by SAP
X
X
X
X
KVM Virtualization supported by SAP
X
X
X
X
Page-Cache Limit
X
X
Expanded Service Pack Overlap Support
X
X
High Availability Clustering
X
X
Cluster File System support
X
X
Support for SAP required JVM
X
X
ClamSAP integration
X
X
X
X
SAP-Notes
Relevant SAP Notes*
#
171356 - SAP Software on Linux: Essentials
#
1310037
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11: Installationsguide
#
1056161
- SUSE Priority Support for SAP Applications
#
1557506
- Linux paging improvements
#
1122387
- Linux: SAP Support in virtualized Environments
VMware Knowledge base
•
1034165 Disabling simultaneous write protection provided by VMFS using
the multi-writer flag
* SAP S-User Id required
Additional Information
CLA Training Academy for Partners
(Certified Linux Administrator)
• A flexible 10-week course that enables a SUSE partner
employee to learn about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
via a combination of online Videos, Labwork, and Instructor
Q&A.
• Starts in October
• No charge to HP Partners.
• Those who finish the course will be given access to a CLP
Practice Exam and vouchers for the CLA (Certified Linux
Administrator).
•
Contact Bob Fidrych to sign up for CLA class,
[email protected].
More Information
SUSE Websites
•
www.suse.com/smart
•
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications
•
SUSE and SAP Alliance
•
SUSE Linux Enterprise and SAP HANA
SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP Applications
•
Overview and Features
•
Video Introduction
•
Solutions Guide
•
Success Stories
•
Whitepapers
•
Best Practice Guides (High Availability)
•
FAQ
•
Technical Information
•
Evaluation Download
• Open your mind to new ideas
• Open your eyes to practical
ways to use innovative open
source technologies for missioncritical workloads
• Open up new opportunities for
you to succeed
• Open the lines of
communications
• Keynotes by industry leaders
• Expert presentations on
trends and IT strategies
• Demonstrations
• Hands-on technical
workshops and case studies
• Certification training and
exams
• Networking with SUSE
executives, developers and
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Summary
SUSE is proven for SAP solutions
#1 The leading platform for SAP solutions on Linux
#1 The only Enterprise Linux optimized for SAP solutions
#1 SUSE Linux Enterprise is SAP's development platform
for UNIX and Linux
#1 SUSE Linux Enterprise is the recommended and
supported OS of choice for SAP HANA with over 3,000
servers to date
#1 First Linux distributor to certify HA extension for
integration with SAP NetWeaver
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